The educational program "Reach Higher" has played a role in helping local graduates get into a four-year college program.

The educational program "Reach Higher" has played a role in helping local graduates get into a four-year college program.

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Updated: 2:22 PM PDT May 4, 2015

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WEBVTT KELLIE: -- IS AN INITIATIVE BY HILLARY -- BY MICHELLE OBAMA TO ENCOURAGE GRADUATES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE -- GULSTAN: THANKS INTO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, THESE SENIORS ARE ON THE PATH TO A SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOOSING. COLLEGE SIGNING DAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TRADITION FIRST STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT THIS CELEBRATION IS FOR GRADUATING SENIORS, AND OTHER COLLEGE-BOUND -- COLLEGE-BOUND TEENS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE ARE PROUD TO HOST SIGNING DAY, THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD OVER THE YEARS TO CREATE A COLLEGE GOING CULTURE. THEY'VE MADE IT HERE THROUGH THEIR ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENTS ALONE AND TOOK PART IN THE SACRAMENTO PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS PROGRAM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, SACRAMENTO STATE AND SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE. GOING TO SCHOOL IS THE ONLY WAY OUT. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME SOMETHING IN THE WORLD, EDUCATION IS KEY. ON THE TABLE THE CHOICES FOR SCHOOLS. UCLA, UC SANTA CRUZ EVEN ALABAMA. FOR SOME IT WAS EASY. I DECIDED ON SAC STATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S CLOSE I WANT TO STAY WITH MY FAMILY. PROUD MOMENTS SHARED WITH HORNET MASCOT AND NICHOLAS PETERS WHO WANTS TO GIVE BACK. IT'S LIKE A CYCLE AND YOU CAN HELP THE NEXT PEOPLE AND THEY CAN DO WELL ALSO. A LESSON LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER WHO TEACHES AT LUTHER BURBANK. HIS SON THE FIRST OF HIS KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BAND TOGETHER LIKE HE SAID TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. YOU ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, GOING TO COLLEGE. AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY'LL BE MARCHING TO BEAT OF THEIR OWN DRUM. GULSTAN: AND THE REACH HIGHER EVENTS ARE HELPING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE REACH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "NORTH STAR" GOAL, THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THE

'Reach Higher' program helps lead NorCal students to colleges

The educational program "Reach Higher" has played a role in helping local graduates get into a four-year college program.